Harrington v. STATE, DEPT. OF ROADS

In this case the sole question presented is the State’s contention that the District Court, on appeal, was without authority to award an attorney’s fee in the sum of $2,000 for the services rendered the claimant in the initial hearing before the one judge court and on appeal and trial before the three judge Workmen’s Compensation Court. We affirm the judgment of the District Court allowing the attorney’s fee.

This case has one rather unusual aspect. Despite the denial of compensation by the one judge court and on rehearing to the compensation court, the State now freely concedes that the…